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A wish for good healthFor most of us it’s that time of the year when merry-making also means we’re unable to control the amount of food we eat. We just love to eat – and drink. It’s what normal folks do when in the company of family and friends during the holidays. While it’s weeks away from Christmas, I am already in the festive mood imagining get-togethers and potlucks. But as I complete this December issue, my mind goes back to more somber thoughts – food waste, empty calories, the packaging litter after revelries, people who don’t have enough to eat, people who have no access to drinking water, and the price you pay for eating too much. Our cover story on health and nutrition focuses on how we should all take part in solving global overnutrition and undernutrition. Based on statistics from the World Health Organization, there are about 1.9 billion adults who are overweight or obese, while 462 million are underweight. There are now more obese than underweight people, can you imagine? So yes, it is our wish to see more consolidated efforts in eliminating malnutrition in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. It is our wish to see nutritious and good-tasting food and beverage products in convenience stores and restaurants. Let’s all work together for a healthier population.

FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal Magazine Description:

FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal is published 8x a year in English. The magazine provides the food & beverage processing industry in South East Asia with the latest information and technologies on ingredients, processing and packaging, food safety and regulatory issues. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the region. Also included are exclusive content and articles from industry professionals throughout S.E. Asia and from Ringier's family of food industry magazines covering Greater China region, the Middle East and other parts of the world, inclduing International Food & Beverage Ingredients News for China, China Food Manufacturing Journal, Food Manufacturing Journal-Middle East and Modern Food Processing (India). The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s food website in English and Chinese (food.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.